Graziella Bertocchi

Research Fellow

University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

graziella.bertocchi@unimore.it

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Graziella Bertocchi is Professor of Economics at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Modena, Italy), President of EIEF - Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (Rome, Italy), and Director of RECent (Modena, Italy).

She is a Research Fellow of CEPR, Dondena, GLO, IZA and CHILD. She is a member of Academia Europea and the European Economic Association Standing Committee on Women in Economics.

She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. She has been an Assistant Professor at Brown University and has held visiting positions at the University of Oslo, European University Institute, Royal Holloway, New York University, the Catholic University of Louvain and IGIER-Bocconi.

Bertocchis's recent research has focused on political economy, growth theory, and the interaction between economic growth and institutions in a historical perspective. She has written contributions on the economics of gender, education, family, labor market institutions, migration, slavery, colonization, and the welfare state.

She joined IZA as a Research Fellow in August 2005.

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IZA-Publikationen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15042

Strangers and Foreigners: Trust and Attitudes toward Citizenship

Graziella Bertocchi, Arcangelo Dimico, Gian Luca Tedeschi

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14911

Adams and Eves: The Gender Gap in Economics Majors

Graziella Bertocchi, Luca Bonacini, Marina Murat

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14238

COVID-19, Race, and Gender

Graziella Bertocchi, Arcangelo Dimico

published online as 'JUE insight: COVID-19, race, and gender' in: Journal of Urban Economics, 11 July 2022, 103484

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13467

COVID-19, Race, and Redlining

Graziella Bertocchi, Arcangelo Dimico

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13312

Bitter Sugar: Slavery and the Black Family

Graziella Bertocchi, Arcangelo Dimico

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12724

Gender Gaps in Education

Graziella Bertocchi, Monica Bozzano

published in: K.F. Zimmermann (ed.); Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, Springer, Cham, 2020, 1-31

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11979

The Financial Decisions of Immigrant and Native Households: Evidence from Italy

Graziella Bertocchi, Marianna Brunetti, Anzelika Zaiceva

substantially revised version published in: Italian Economic Journal, 2023, 9, 117-174

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11082

Youth Enfranchisement, Political Responsiveness and Education Expenditure: Evidence from the U.S.

Graziella Bertocchi, Arcangelo Dimico, Francesco Lancia, Alessia Russo

published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 12, 2020, 1-32

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10327

Origins and Implications of Family Structure across Italian Provinces in Historical Perspective

Graziella Bertocchi, Monica Bozzano

revised version published in: Claude Diebolt, Auke Rijpma, Sarah Carmichael, Selin Dilli, and Charlotte Störmer (eds.), Cliometrics and the Family: Global Patterns and their Impact on Diverging Development, Ch. 6, Berlin: Springer Verlag, 2019, 121-147

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9105

The Legacies of Slavery in and out of Africa

Graziella Bertocchi

Julian Simon Lecture at the 12th IZA Annual Migration Meeting in Dakar, revised version published in: IZA Journal of Migration, 2016, 5,1-19

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9102

The Long-Term Determinants of Female HIV Infection in Africa: The Slave Trade, Polygyny, and Sexual Behavior

Graziella Bertocchi, Arcangelo Dimico

revised version published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2019, 140, 90-105

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8347

Family Structure and the Education Gender Gap: Evidence from Italian Provinces

Graziella Bertocchi, Monica Bozzano

revised version published in: CESifo Economic Studies, Special Issue on the Determinants of Gender Gaps, 2015, 61, 263-300

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7739

Bibliometric Evaluation vs. Informed Peer Review: Evidence from Italy

Graziella Bertocchi, Alfonso Gambardella, Tullio Jappelli, Carmela A. Nappi, Franco Peracchi

revised version published in: Research Policy, 2015, 44, 451-466

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7224

Women, Medieval Commerce, and the Education Gender Gap

Graziella Bertocchi, Monica Bozzano

revised version published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2016, 44, 496-521

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6741

De Jure and De Facto Determinants of Power: Evidence from Mississippi

Graziella Bertocchi, Arcangelo Dimico

revised version published in: Constitutional Political Economy, 2017, 28, 321-345

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6648

Is It Money or Brains? The Determinants of Intra-Family Decision Power

Graziella Bertocchi, Marianna Brunetti, Costanza Torricelli

revised version published as 'Who Holds the Purse Strings within the Household? The Determinants of Intra-family Decision Making' in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2014, 101, 65-86

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6192

The Evolution of the Racial Gap in Education and the Legacy of Slavery

Graziella Bertocchi, Arcangelo Dimico

revised version published as 'The Racial Gap in Education and the Legacy of Slavery' in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2012, 40, 581-595, Special Issue on Slavery, Colonialism and Institutions Around the World

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6017

Race v. Suffrage: The Determinants of Development in Mississippi

Graziella Bertocchi, Arcangelo Dimico

revised version published as 'De Jure and De Facto Determinants of Power: Evidence from Mississippi' in: Constitutional Political Economy, 2017, 28, 321-345

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5856

Growth, Colonization, and Institutional Development: In and Out of Africa

Graziella Bertocchi

revised version published in: Olivier de la Grandville (ed.), Economic Growth and Development, Frontiers of Economics and Globalization, Vol. 11, Bingley, 2011, 25 - 41

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5329

Slavery, Education, and Inequality

Graziella Bertocchi, Arcangelo Dimico

revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2014, 70, 197-209

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4817

Growth, History, or Institutions? What Explains State Fragility in Sub-Saharan Africa

Graziella Bertocchi, Andrea Guerzoni

revised version published in: Journal of Peace Research, 2012, 49 (6), 769-783

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3975

Marriage and Other Risky Assets: A Portfolio Approach

Graziella Bertocchi, Marianna Brunetti, Costanza Torricelli

revised version published in: Journal of Banking and Finance, 2011, 24 (11), 2902 - 2915